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Lille are currently in second place in the Ligue 1 standings and have exceeded expectations this season. The home side was held to a 1-1 draw by Saint-Etienne last weekend and will want to bounce back this weekend. Monaco have recovered from their slow start to the season and are now pushing for a place in the top four. The Ligue 1 giants have managed four victories on the trot and thrashed Nimes by a 3-0 margin in their previous game....

Limited Run Games is a publisher specializing in the release of digital video games on physical media, with indie and retro titles as its biggest focus. The company recently announced its multiple collector’s editions for Castlevania Anniversary Collection, with The Ultimate Edition including retro box art prints, steelbook, soundtrack, and plenty of other exclusive goodies. RELATED: Live-Action Horror Game Ghosts Announced Limited Run Games co-founders Douglas Bogart and Josh Fairhurst recently spoke on a podcast about the apparent lack of Xbox titles the company has produced thus far....

The latest swipe at Trump by the group of former Republican political consultants aiming to be the scourge of his re-election campaign saw the unveiling of billboards in Times Square on which the smiling faces of the presidential advisers peer out. It carries a quote allegedly made by Kushner, reported by Vanity Fair, referring to New Yorkers dealing with COVID-19. It shows Kushner above images of body bags with the quote: “People are going to suffer and that’s their problem....

“Toyota vehicles feature safety detection systems, smartphone integration, and more white nationalism than you might’ve expected,” the Lincoln Project, a conservative PAC that has been wildly critical of former President Donald Trump, wrote in a tweet with the video. As the video begins, a narrator can be heard saying, “America’s free market, democratic system has been good for companies like Toyota for a long time. So, why would Toyota support politicians who tried to overthrow very system that’s been so profitable for them....

“New York, don’t let this become our brand,” Boylan tweeted Saturday, along with an image of the display that appeared to be a jab against Cuomo. The messaging was first spotted at 8 p.m. Friday on the side of an Albany skyscraper, the New York Post reported. The sign, which project’s off the side of the city’s Corning Tower typically reads “NY Tough,” a phrase that the Cuomo administration has adopted throughout the coronavirus pandemic....

The congressional delegation will comprise six members of Congress, said Taiwan’s SET News. Others include North Carolina’s Richard Burr, Nebraska’s Ben Sasse and Ohio’s Rob Portman—all Senate Republicans—and Ronny Jackson, the GOP representative for Texas. New Jersey Democrat Menendez chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, while South Carolina Republican Graham is a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee. The “CODEL” will reportedly land in Taipei on Thursday evening for the brief visit....

According to The Economist’s forecast for the race, Graham’s chance of winning is 59 percent, dipping compared to his numbers in recent months. This indicates a marked decline since mid-September, when his chances were put at 70 percent. The Economist model is updated each day and factors in data on polls, fundraising and factors such as incumbency and the partisan lean of a state. Ignoring third party votes, it predicts Graham gaining 51 percent of the vote compared to 49 percent for Harrison....

The Republican senator from South Carolina appeared on Fox News Friday night and urged Biden to “pick up the phone” and tell House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats not to impeach Trump in the coming weeks. Pelosi on Friday told House members “we must take action” to immediately remove Trump from office, a sentiment echoed by several top Republicans including Lisa Murkowski. The Alaska senator said the president simply “needs to get out....

The former Sweden star arrived at Old Trafford for free this summer, boasting a career which includes a plethora of league titles with each of Ajax, Juventus, Inter, Barcelona, AC Milan, and Paris Saint-Germain. The 35-year-old has consistently been seen as one of the most devastating attackers in the world, and has scored eight goals in 17 appearances for United in all competitions this season. England international Lingard has been impressed by Ibrahimovic’s focus and desire to win and hopes to learn from him....

Messi finished the 2014 World Cup with the Golden Ball for the tournament’s best player but was in tears as Argentina lost out to Germany on a solitary Mario Gotze goal. The mercurial No.10 was instrumental again in 2015 as he led Argentina to the final, only to lose out on penalties to Chile. Messi was so disappointed that he reportedly refused the Best Player award for the tournament....

The Argentine captain signed a two-year contract with the Ligue 1 giants last summer. He left Barcelona in 2021 after the club failed to renew his contract due to financial complications. His contract at PSG expires next summer. Messi had a below-par debut season (by his standards) in France as he scored only 11 goals in 34 games for PSG. However, the former Barcelona captain has made an explosive start to the new campaign....

The Barcelona icon and Ronaldo are often competing for the top team and individual honours in the world game, with the Madrid forward hot favourite to win his fifth Ballon d’Or in 2017. Messi: I want to retire at Barcelona That would see the former Manchester United star match the Argentina international after his side’s 4-1 final win over Juventus in Cardiff. Messi, though, insisted the perceived rivalry between the pair is hyped up by the media and was happy to talk up Ronaldo’s ability....

Solari talks about Villarreal and Isco Reports suggested that the tensions were high between Santiago Solari and Isco after the Spaniard was left out of the Real Madrid squad on a lot of occasions by the manager. The midfielder was also linked with a move away from Santiago Bernabeu in January with Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Juventus and Bayern Munich linked. However, all the rumours were put to rest by the player after he openly said that he wanted to remain at Madrid and fight for his place....

In case you didn’t know… Messi enjoyed a brilliant last season in terms of personal achievements. Despite netting 51 goals for Barcelona in the 2018-19 campaign, Messi and the Catalan giants’ season ended on a sour note. The Argentine failed to make an impact in the business-end of last season as Barcelona bowed out of the Champions League semi-finals at the hands of Liverpool. The Spanish champions also lost to Valencia in the Copa del Rey final....

The lawsuit stems from an injury he suffered when a piece of metal piping fell from Ford Field and hit him in the head during a 2014 super regional combine, the Detroit Free Press reported Wednesday. Paulhill says he was struck by “a section of tubular metal approximately 2 feet in length” that rolled off a wall and landed on his head while he was stretching. MORE: SN’s latest Mock Draft | All-time best Combine performances...

Workers from the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) staged a walkout at plants that produce Kellogg’s ready-to-eat cereals at Battle Creek, Michigan; Omaha, Nebraska; Lancaster, Pennsylvania; and Memphis, Tennessee. The union said that the Kellogg Company has demanded that the employees who have been “working long, hard hours, day in and day out” throughout the COVID-19 pandemic give up their health care, retirement benefits, and holiday and vacation pay....

As it goes around the world, soccer (or football, for those beyond the U.S. border) tends to foster a deeply personal and emotional connection. That’s only amplified around the World Cup, when the stakes could not be any higher. That was purely exemplified by Cantor, the lead play-by-play announcer for U.S. Spanish-language network Telemundo. Cantor, who was born in Buenos Aires, has waited nearly 40 years for Argentina to take home another World Cup victory....

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution obtained just enough of an excerpt to provide the context. (WARNING: NSFW language) MORE: Ferry was involved in another racial incident

The CDC said on its website that 16 people were infected in six states as of Wednesday, according to epidemiological and laboratory data that the agency examined. The contaminated food came from meat and cheese from deli counters. “CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are collecting different types of data to investigate a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections,” an FDA spokesperson told Newsweek on Thursday without revealing further details....